Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-22

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There seems to be q decided conflict OF opinion
between DIR. Glenham, who writes the Official re-
ports 70 acting Surgeon-General Stoner concern
Ing the yellow fever epidemic at Key West, and
the unofncia reporter who supplies the press with
news The unoficial reporter says that there Is
no change In the situation. The Official reporter
says that fresh cases are developing on all parts
OF the island, especially In the unacclimated fam
tlies The public will prefer TO believe the less
agreeable account, not only because It comes from
q technically authoritative source, but because,
while admitting the most unpleasant facts, II
couples with them an assurance that arrange
ments are In progress for combining the Scourge to
the limits or the island The same sort OF thing
n going on now In Key West that went on in New
Orleans and Memphis some ten years ago, when
the business element In those cities, putting their
own advantage before the welfare OF the rest Of
the country, endeavored to suppress or modify the
newspaper narratives which were travelling north
ward, until the epidemic had gained such head
var that there was no longer any hope Of check.
ing II till the coming of frost. 1t is great deal
better 70 confess the plain truth in such case,
and then make all possible endeavors to stamp
out the disease than to cover up the worst details
md trust TO good luck TO pull through. With
prompt Work for the removal or protection OF un-
acclimared persons and rigid quarantine estab-
1ished on the island, there Is no need OF alarm
further north. There will be time enough for that
II the epidemic ever gets fair start on the main
land
The jubilee celebration by the English and
Scotch societies OF Boston, In Faneuil hall, was
not broken up, as many supposed IL would be- but
the good cheer of the entertainment must have
been somewhat dampened by the bowling
OF the mob outside. From the names OF the
speakers, and the nature OF the oratory In the
street, it does not appear that the remonstrants
were descendants Of the Yankee nationalisrs who
made the hall famous. Their reproaches were
directed, evidently, rather at the use of any as
semby-room for a British merry-makng, than of
this particular hail. dedicated to liberty, for the
celebration OF a royal jubilee. Fortunately, the
good sense Of the majority OF the multitude sup
pemented by the vigilance OF the police prevented
serious outbreak: and there does not appear to
have been any response whatever to the outcry
made by some fanatic for the burning OF the build
Ing.
In NeE York Mayor Hewitt exercised his pre-
rogatve and ordered the flags hoisted on the pub
lie buildings in honor OF the day, in the same
spirit In which he would have acted had the Car
OF Russia or the German Emperor been the object
Of popular congratulation. There was some cavtl
q his course, but II came from persons who did
not pause TO reflect that the English residents of
great mercantile city entitled to as much con-
consideration as It's residents Of any other nation
Atty, and that courtesy to the representative OF
friendly government does not necessarily involve
sympathy With the politics Of its dominant party
The request OF Mayor Hewitt, OF New York that
the state board OF charities investigate the man.
agement OF the Insane Asylum ON Wards Island.
Il likely TO produce interesting results recent
examination into the death of a patient at that
institution caused the disclosure OF barbarous
treatment by attendants, rivalling the deserip-
lions Of similar atrocities In England which are
pasted in Chas. Reades scrap book, and which
were ucilized by the novelist In preparing " Hard
Cash" IL Is claimed that the blame for the occur
rences &C the Wards Island Institution is due prin
cipaily 70 the system OF appointment Of attend
ants who, receiving their positions political re-
wards, are often totally UNIT, and discredit them
selves and the institution. Where Is our novelist
Of to-day who viii utilize the copious material
which the press furnishes and give vivid express
sion 70 the varied and widespread evils, cropping
out In madhouses and prisons as well as else
where, which spring from abuse OF political
patronage7